So, today I was feeling a little better.  I still have a cough and some congestion, but I wanted to run again.  Today I got two solid miles in, no stopping.  Not too bad.  I probably could have gone three, but I don't want to push myself too hard because my lungs are still recovering.  So, here are the pics!

So, I ran two miles, the rest was warm up and cool down.  My HR monitor said I burned 456 calories.  

I stayed below my calorie budget today and yesterday ( I forgot to mention eating in my blog yesterday!).  

FINALLY feeling somewhat better!

Okay..it's been over a week!  I started out with a stomach virus, that turned into an upper respiratory infection, that turned into bad bronchitis!!  So,  that put me out of commission for quite a while!   Since I could not exercise from April 19th to today, I gained 4 pounds back of what I lost :(  I'm upset about it, but I'm just going to pick up where I left off and get right back to it. 

I'm not 100% yet, but I attempted to go back to the gym today on a spur of the moment decision.  It was a struggle because I still cannot breathe good yet, however I managed to get a mile run out of it.  Not my best time for a mile (19 mins), but at least I tried.  

I first started out feeling like such a failure.  I was upset about the weight gain, and upset that one mile felt like 10 to me today.  I came home upset and almost crying.  It took my logical thinking hubby to remind me that I've been SICK and am not 100% yet, and to just stop.  So, I did.  

So, back at it.  I have to work tomorrow and after work I will go back and do a small run again unless I'm feeling better.  I'll just have to see.  

See ya tomorrow!

Stomach Virus, No Progress :(

Hello all.  

Well, my son Scott brought home a stomach bug Friday....and while he is feeling better, I'm still not so hot.  Not to be too graphic, but I'm scared to run or work out because I could easily shit myself.  Yeah, it's that bad.  

So....no weight lost, no weight gained.  I'm missing running like hell and I'm hoping to be back at it in a day or two.  Fingers Crossed....well, I gotta go to the bathroom :( 

Yeah, I'm serious :(

TODAY'S RUN!!

I had a great run today.  I did 4.15 miles!!  So excited I'm going further and further each time!  Here's the pics:

So out of the 4.42 miles done, 4.15 was running, the rest was warm up and cool down.  According to my HR monitor I burned 1,057 calories!! 

I feel great!  Sore, but great.  That's how I know what I'm doing is working.  My work pants that I just bought a few weeks ago are already getting loose!!  I will weigh in on Friday morning.  Hopefully this week was as good as last.  I have been eating great and being very active, so we shall see!!

Until tomorrow!

“Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This power becomes available to you just as soon as you can change your beliefs.” ~Dr. Maxwell Maltz

Two Days Without The Gym...BOO!! But, I made due!

So, due to crazy work schedules between the hubby and I, no gym for the past two days.  BUT, I still worked out here at home!!  Yesterday I did On Demand Kickboxing, and today I did this:

It's a tough workout!  A lot of strength training, which I need.  But, doable.  My HR monitor said that in 33 minutes I only burned 170 calories though!! Shoot, I'd rather run if that's all I burned at home!! 

So, tomorrow back to the gym.  The good thing is I stayed below my Loseit! calories both days without my gym time, and tomorrow I will be able to go!! I'm so excited!!

AMAZING RUN TODAY!!

I had an awesome run today!!  I ran 4 miles!!  I'm so excited.  I cannot believe how easy it was today!!  Here's what I did:

I ran 4 miles, walked the rest of the time for warm up and cool down.  My speed was 4.1 mph.  It was so easy!!  I was sweating my ass off, but I did it! I found a great rhythm and just kept going.  

According to my HR monitor I burned 1,069 calories!!  I feel so proud.  I'm back to running and doing it with a great pace.  

I am WAY below my Loseit! calories for the day and week.  I'm not super hungry though.  I am actually reminding myself to eat.  Again, just staying with veggies, fruits, nuts, seeds, and low fat dairy.  Once in a while I will have some meat, like today Adam made a roast so I had a little of that, but very sparingly do I eat meat anymore.  

OK, off to work I go!! 

Friday's Run, and Today is an "off" day!

I ran 3.3 miles yesterday!  This is what I did:

So, I did 3.3 miles as a run, the rest of the distance was a warm-up and cool-down.  I'm excited on the progress I'm making.  According to my HR monitor, I burned 912 calories!  Pretty awesome!

I'm taking today off.  I am sore and I think I should let my legs recover for a day.  Tomorrow before work I will get a run in. 

I'm so happy also to announce that I lost 3 pounds last week!!  My total weight loss for March was 5 pounds!! Not bad, that averages a little over a pound a week lost.  I'll take it!!

todays run, and feelings of dissappointment

I ran again today.  Here's what I did:

I ran a total of 2.1 miles, walked the rest of the distance.  According to my HR monitor, I burned 658 calories.  I was feeling very sore and sluggish today, but I wanted to at least get a couple miles in, and I did! 

I'm feeling down today.  I need to learn patience.  I feel like I haven't lost any weight this week.  I haven't weighed myself yet, however I'm just scared that I'll be disappointed.  I don't want all my efforts to be for nothing....but then again, I feel more toned and a little slimmer, so I dunno.  Maybe I'm just freaking out for no reason.  That is why I have been avoiding the scale I guess.  I have been below my calories on Loseit! all week, and am 981 calories below my goals for the total week.  So, hopefully that deficit will pay off!

Anyway, tomorrow I plan on doing at least 3 miles, I would love to do 4.  So, we shall see!!  

“Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” ~Chinese Proverb

MORE RUNNING...AND EXERCISE DOES HELP YOUR MIND!!

I ran again today!  Here's what I did at the gym:

I ran 3.4 miles of the 3.71 miles done.  .10 mile was a warm-up, the rest after 3.5 was cool down.  My HR monitor said I burned 792 calories...but the damn thing got reset while in my purse on the way home from the gym so no pic today!!  

I feel great.  I feel like running is really going to tone me up like it did before when I ran in college.  

I am feeling better with my anxiety as well.  I don't know if a lot of you know, but I suffer(ed) from anxiety and panic disorder.  All of the sudden out of nowhere, starting in December 2011, I suffered a massive anxiety attack while on the way to work.  I was hospitalized for it.  Ever since then, the panic attacks happened out of nowhere anytime.  Mostly while driving, or alone at home.  Sometimes at work.  This year, sick of the panic attacks, I got on a prescription for it.  The script worked, however I HATE taking and being dependent on pills.  I work in the pharmacy business, I see how so many people are DEPENDENT on these drugs.  Some of them are absolutely needed don't get me wrong, but a majority of these drugs that people depend on they can get off with simple lifestyle changes.  And they don't.  They would rather medicate themselves than try hard to change.  Well, I am not like that.  I decided I wanted to get off these meds, and the day I started really working out hard and training (about a month and a half now) I stopped taking the pill.  And, no panic attacks.  I read on the internet that cutting down on caffeine and adding exercise to your life can reduce the panic attacks.  It's amazing.  I love not having to take the pills anymore.  

I feel great!  I love it.  No weigh in yet.  I think I may wait until Monday or Tuesday to weigh in just because I don't wanna face the scale right now lol.  I have been under my calories all week on Loseit! and eating good.  I have been sticking with mostly fruits, veggies, nuts, and fish.  So, hopefully the scale will reflect all of my efforts.  

“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” ~Dr. Denis Waitley

Okay, see ya tomorrow!!

YAY! I'M RUNNING AGAIN!

I went to the gym today and RAN!!  I haven't really ran that much lately.  I mostly was doing elliptical but I am going to do a 5k for Autism in May so I decided it was time to run again.  

So, here's what I did:

Out of the 3.91 miles I did on the treadmill 3.72 of them was running at 4.3 mph.  The rest was warm up/cool down.  According to my HR monitor I burned 828 calories (I stopped it early that's why the times don't match!).  

It felt great to run, and it was so easy! I think after all that time doing the elliptical for over 6 miles every day, it conditioned me to be able to run with no problem!  I'm very excited about this.  I defiantly love to run and want to continue to do so.  

I already feel like running is tightening my stomach.  My abs HURT!  Lol, that's a good thing!  

Okay, see ya tomorrow!

PS-below my calories on Loseit! today :)